Yorkshire MPs have railed against the Government’s decision to push the area into Tier Three lockdown from this weekend, branding the move ‘disappointing’ and warning it will ‘ruin people’s lives’. West Yorkshire will be placed under the highest level of lockdown restrictions from midnight on Sunday, affecting around 2million people living in Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, … Read more
China has screened an entire region in Xinjiang for the coronavirus after authorities found a single new case in a local outbreak. Health authorities reported the first infection on Saturday, a 17-year-old female garment factory worker in Xinjiang’s north-western region Kashgar, home to ethnic Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims. Another 137 symptomless patients were found yesterday after the local … Read more
They each welcomed children within days of each other over the summer. And now Nikki and Brie Bella are experiencing twin magic again as they are reaching yet another life milestone together. The 36-year-old former WWE superstars announced that they are both moving their entire families to wine region Napa Valley in California. Life changes: … Read more
More than a million people in Greater Manchester are living in boroughs where coronavirus infections are falling, casting serious doubts about whether a ‘Tier Three’ lockdown is really justified. Some 2.8million residents in the region will be plunged into the harshest category of restrictions at midnight on Thursday after a series of looser localised measures … Read more
Yodelling ‘superspreader’ concert is blamed for turning Swiss region into a covid hotspot Concert with 600 people is believed to have made Schwyz canton virus hotspot The audience were asked to social distance, but mask-wearing was not required Studies have shown that singing can spread coronavirus infected droplets By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline and Afp … Read more
Google Maps will show data on coronavirus outbreaks in your region using a color-coded layer to highlight the number of cases A new layer on Google Maps gives information on reported cases in a region The seven-day average of new infections will appear with a label indicating if cases are trending up or down Country-level … Read more
The oldest alpine plant region on Earth, in the Hengduan Mountains of southwest China, dates back more than 30 million years, scientists say. US and Chinese researchers say the alpine flora of the Hengduan Mountains has continuously existed far longer than any other alpine flora on Earth. The diversity of plants in the region today can be … Read more
Another Spanish tourist region has been put on high alert after at least 23 guests at a wedding, including the bride and her mother, were struck down with coronavirus. More than 35,000 residents of Tudela in Navarra, northern Spain, are being advised to wear masks and stick to social distancing to prevent the disease spreading … Read more
A second Spanish region made up of 70,000 people is going back into lockdown after a new coronavirus outbreak. Entry into and out of La Marina, which lies 90 miles east of La Coruna in Galicia, will be banned from midnight tonight and gatherings of more than ten people will be banned to limit the possibility … Read more
Nuclear weapons test sensors in Sweden detect unexplained rise in radiation coming from region including Russian city of St Petersburg Radiation detected by Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Oversees hundreds of monitoring stations to detect nuclear weapons tests The station in question, in Stockholm, detected three different isotopes The isotopes detected were caesium-134, caesium-137 and ruthenium-103 … Read more